# Sunnies turn to gold for lucky Queensland growers - Grain Central

> A small group of Queensland growers on the Darling Downs have grown about 1400 hectares of sunflowers after timely storms, and the crop is worth around AUD 1200/tonne on horse feed and birdseed markets. Harvest is a few weeks away.

- Date: 2017-03-27 · published 2017-03-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72095-sunnies-turn-to-gold-for-lucky-queensland-growers-grain-central
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Localised short supply of sunflower seed in Australia is a niche event with negligible effect on global feed protein or grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/sunnies-turn-to-gold-for-lucky-queensland-growers/

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